Probably you are right because the version of "apt" I use is "0.7.25.3ubuntu9.
3" on Ubuntu 10.04.2.
So if this bug has already been answered, I apologize for the unnecessary 
alert.
I will try to install and test version "0.8.3ubuntu7" from Ubuntu 10.10 
repositories and eventually I will let you know if I will encounter any 
problem.

Thanks for your reply.


>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: [email protected]
>Data: 10/04/2011 16.01
>A: <[email protected]>
>Ogg: [Bug 756562] Re: Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies
>
>Which version of APT we are talking about?
>
>I at least can't reproduce it here with 0.8.13.3 (unreleased debian
>version) and we have a testcase checking this (beside other things
>test/integration/test-apt-get-autoremove).
>
>I think I have fixed this issue before the release of 0.8 but can't find
>a changelog entry for it currently, so my mind maybe just plays a trick
>on me and i did something wrong while trying to reproduce it…
>
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>Title:
>  Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies
>
>Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
>Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: apt
>
>  As you know, if an auto-installed dependency is removed, its extended
>  state remains in file "/var/lib/apt/extended_states" also after
>  removal.
>
>  So, for example, if I install "bum" using apt-get, as "bum" depends on 
"menu", "menu" will also be installed and marked as auto-installed.
>  If then I uninstall "bum", even "menu" will be signaled for auto-removal, 
and now if we go to check the "extended_states" file, we will see that the 
entry for "menu" is still present and still shows the package as auto-
installed.
>
>  I think this is uncorrect. I think that its entry should be deleted or
>  at least marked as "not auto-installed".
>
>  I think so because if, for example, I manually re-install "menu"
>  through "dpkg", using a ".deb" file not present in repositories,
>  "menu" extended state would continue to appear as auto-installed and
>  if now, for example, I reinstall "bum" (using apt-get) and then,
>  later, I remove "bum" again, "menu" will be reported (by apt-get) for
>  auto-removal, and this is not correct because if, for example, I
>  install "menu" for first and "bum" for second, by two apt-get separate
>  sessions, both packages would result marked as "not auto-installed".
>
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